City government · Scott County, MS

Forest's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Forest took in $7.8 million and spent $8.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)45%State tax money34%City taxes15%County and local tax money3.4%Fines and other2.8%

What stands out

34%

of Forest's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes15%

Property tax

9.7%$753 thousand

Other taxes

5.8%$450 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 1 more

Public utility taxes$383 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$51 thousand
Other taxes not classified elsewhere$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services45%

Fees for services

45%$3.5 million

What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 2 more

Water$3.0 million
Garbage collection$432 thousand
Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
Parks and recreation$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state

34%$2.6 million

County and local tax money3.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

3.4%$263 thousand

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other

1.5%$115 thousand

Fines

1.3%$100 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities47%Police, fire, courts and jails28%Roads, transit and parking15%Parks, recreation and libraries5.3%Running the government and other costs4.4%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

28%

of Forest's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

47%$4.0 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more

Water supply$1.8 million
Sewer systems$1.2 million
Garbage and solid waste$907 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

28%$2.3 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more

Police$1.1 million
Fire protection$895 thousand
Inspections and regulation$210 thousand
Courts and legal services$99 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

15%$1.2 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports

Roads and highways$1.2 million
Airports$30 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

5.3%$449 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries

Parks and recreation$380 thousand
Libraries$69 thousand

Running the government and other costs

4.4%$374 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$273 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$101 thousand

Health and hospitals

1.0%$87 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$87 thousand

Sent to other local governments

<0.1%$6 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$6 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Forest. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Forest itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.